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Transportation Connections

Abstract

At the most basic level, transportation systems are designed to connect people and goods from their origin to their destination in a safe and efficient manner. Throughout my 30-year career since graduating from Oregon State, I’ve found “connections” to be a central theme of the transportation profession from designing and implementing connected vehicle systems to using active transportation as a way of creating connections between people and their communities. Most importantly, I’ve found that the connections between me and my students and my fellow transportation colleagues to be the most valuable and rewarding part of this career.

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Rhonda's Presentation

Speaker Bio

Rhonda Young is Chair and a Professor in the Department Civil Engineering at Gonzaga University. She has been in academics since 2002 and at Gonzaga since 2015. Throughout her career she has taught various undergraduate and graduate classes in Transportation Engineering as well as freshman and sophomore engineering courses. Prior to joining the academic field, she worked as a consultant for 10 years in the transportation profession. Her research efforts includes projects in the planning, safety, and intelligent transportation areas. Currently her research has focused on the use of Connected Vehicle Technology to operate roadways in adverse weather conditions. She is a registered professional engineer in the states of Washington and Wyoming.

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